Capping horse



wv R. CANNON ET` Al.

CAPPING HORSE Filed Fer 15, 1925 14 4 V T VL /jj l j? 11 l j f y 1 |\-15 13;" f jg z5 "P01 2f" -l 13 j@ j I5 Z4. j :If 12 110 @we 1,5 f2 ,4f/a

W/limj'annon and Elmer Davia,

a ATTORNEYS Patented June 2, 1925.

UNITED STATES l 1,540,204 PATENT o FFl'cfE.

wrLLrAia n. CANNON AND' ELMER DAVIS', or oKMULe-EE, oKLAHoMA,"AssIGNons To BAKER Bnorrinns GLASS ooMrANY, or cKMULenn, om,Anci/TA,4 AloonroRArron OF INDIANA.

CAPPING HORSE.

To all wlw/nt t may Conce/rn.' .Y

Beit known that we, VILLIAM R. CAN- NoN and ELMER DAVIS, citizens of the United States, residing at Okmulgee, in the county of' Okmulgee and State of Oklahoma, have invented a new and useful Capping Horse, oit which the following is a specification.

The object of our invention is to provide an improved capping` horse unit capable of automatic co-operation with a drawn glass cylinder which is somewhat variable in shape. 1 a i rfhe accompanying drawings illustrate our invention.

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a capping horse embodying our invention, witha cylinder in place thereon;

Fig. 2 is an end elevation ot' one of the units;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation;

Fig. 4l is a plan on a larger scale.

1n the drawings 1() indicates a standard provided at its upper' end with a cross arm i'ormed ot two parallel spaced boards 11, 11 conveniently held in spaced relation by laterally spaced spacers 12 forming vertical pockets 13, 13, 13. In the middle space 13 we mount a. vertically slidable finger 14 and in each of the end pockets 13. we mount a vertically slidable finger 15. Finger 14 is provided near its lower end with a cross pin 16 and each of the fingers 15 is provided with a cross pin 17.

The spacers 12 extend below arms 11 far enough to form supports for a pivot pin 18 upon each of which is pivoted a rocker arm Y 19, one of' said arms lying beneath and engaging pin 16 and pin 17 of the outer iinger 15 and the other engaging pin 16 and pin 17 of the inner finger 15, the arrange'- ment being such that the three lingers 14, 15, 15 are supported upon the two rocker arms 19, 19 and balanced against each other, finger 1.41 rising upon depression oflingers 15, and iingers 15 rising upon depression of finger 14. vThe group of lingers thus forms a transverse hammock.

The upper end ofthe three fingers 14 and 15 are `preferably arc shaped to approximate the curvature of the cylinders C to be supported. Y

Each of the units described above is conveniently provided at its lower end with a downwardly projecting toe y2() which may be inserted in a suitable ypocket 21 inthe floor and at its upperend is provided with an upwardly projecting finger22 adapted to be retained ina pocket or slot 23 fornied point by a reverse operation.

In use the fingers 14 and 1.5 of' any par- -ticular unit automatically adjust themselves to irregularities of a cylinder when the same is placed thereon.

By reason of the inverted` L-shaped form of the unit ain-ple footroom is provided for Y' the capper operating along the right hand side of Fig. 2 and, by reason of the ready removal of each unit, the horse may be quickly arranged for proper support of' a cylinder to be out in desired sections oi different lengths.

llVe claim as our invention:

1. A capping horse unit comprising a support, a group of vertically movable fingers forming a transverse hammock, and interconnections between said fingers whereby movement of one of said fingers in one direction will cause movement of other of said fingers in the opposite direction.

2. A capping horse comprising a pluralityof spaced units each unit forming a trans-- verse hammock and comprising a support, a transversev group of vertically movable lingers, and inter-connections between said nngers ywhereby movement of one of said iingers in one direction will cause opposite movement. of other of said fingers.

3. A capping horse. unit comprisingv an inverted L-shaped standard, a plurality of vertically slidable fingers mounted in the horizontal element of said standard so as to form a transverse hammock, and inter-connections between said fingers whereby movement of one of said fingers in one direction will cause movement of lanother otk said fingers in the opposite direction;

4. A capping horse comprising a plurality of inverted Lfshaped supports laterally one linger in one direction Will cause move' ment of another linger in the opposite direction. Y

5. A capping horse unit comprising a standard, a cross arm supported by` said standard, three lingers vertically slidable on said cross arm and togethertorini'ng a transverse hammock, and a pai-r otrocker Varms engaging said fingers in pairs, substantially asdescrib'ed. f

6. A capping horse comprising'a plurality of spaced brackets 24, and a plurality 'of supporting units each comprising a transverse hammock, aV supporting standard v therefor7 and means detachably co-'operative with any one of the brackets 245 Wh'erebyaV groupof said units may be variably associ'- at'ed 1n laterally spaced arrangements to :torm a continuous support for a drawn glass cylinder.

I. A capping horse comprising a stretcher bar, a plurality of brackets 24 carried by said stretcher bar, andV a plurality olhammock units each comprising a. vertical standard, across arm, means adjacent the junction of said standard and cross arm, for detachable co-operation with any one` of the b ackets 24, a plurality of vertically movable lingers carried by the cross arm and intere connections between said lingers whereby movement of one in one direction will cause movement of another in the opposite direction. Y c

In Witness whereof, We have hereunto set our hands at Okmulgee, Oklahoma, this 13th day of January, A. D one thousand nine hundred and twenty live.

VILLIAM R.' CANNON. ELMER DAVIS- 

